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Dried Epazote de Comer Mexican tea by El Sol de Mexico

Epazote de Comer - Mexican Tea Herb by El Sol de Mexico is an herb native to Central America, South America, and southern Mexico. The name Epazote or Epasote [pronounced eh-pah-ZOH-tay] comes from the Nahuatl words, epote,meaning disagreeable or foul, and Epatzotl, meaning sweat, reflecting its strong aroma. Raw, it has a resinous, medicinal pungency, similar to anise, fennel, or even tarragon, but stronger, some say it smells like gasoline or kerosene. Epazote is used as a leaf vegetable and herb for its pungent flavor and its usually added toward the end of cooking to prevent bitterness in thefinished product. Epazote has become a distinct flavor in Mexican cuisine, since it pairs well with shellfish and eggs, salads, cilantro, lime, chipotle peppers, cheeses, pork fat, black beans, pinto beans, cumin, garlic, onion, corn, and squash blossoms, chilaquiles, enchiladas, potatoes and sopes (especially those containing huitlacoche), and tamales with cheese and chile. Italso goes well in tortilla soups, fillings and toppings, moles, quesadillas, huitlacoche, soups, and stews. Epazote combines well with other Mexican seasonings like oregano, cumin and chiles.

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Net Wt. .40 oz. (11.3g) bag

Dry Epazote

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Epazote is also used to treat dysentery.

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Although Epazote is poisonous in large quantities, Epazote is added to beans to reduce gas because the potent aroma of the Epazote cuts the heaviness of beans and is therefore used to season them.

Espazote is also known as worm seed because of it's effects on preventing worms, Mexican mothers steep the herb in milk and sugar and serve this tonic to their children to rid them of intestinal parasites and its also often added to animal feed for this reason.

Epazote is also used in the treatment of amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea,chorea, hysteria, catarrh, asthma, malaria and athlete's foot as it inhibits the fungi causing that desease.

One teaspoon of dried Epazote leaves is equivalent to about one branch, or 6-7 fresh leaves.